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UPDATED: Eight Thai boys rescued from cave: reports

Monday 9 July 2018 - 2:38pm

Thai police guard a road leading to the Tham Luang cave area as operations continue for the remaining eight boys and their coach trapped at the cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province on July 9, 2018.

Thai police guard a road leading to the Tham Luang cave area as operations continue for the remaining eight boys and their coach trapped at the cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province on July 9, 2018.

Thai police guard a road leading to the Tham Luang cave area as operations continue for the remaining eight boys and their coach trapped at the cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province on July 9, 2018.

Thai police guard a road leading to the Tham Luang cave area as operations continue for the remaining eight boys and their coach trapped at the cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province on July 9, 2018.

Editor&39;s note: This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

MAE SAI, Thailand - Eight boys in total have been extracted from a cave in Mae Sai after Thai divers resumed operations in the cave rescue at 11am (6 am SAST) on Tuesday, according to international news reports.

CNN Philippines and The Guardian reported that "rescue workers in Thailand were seen carrying a person on a stretcher away from a cave complex and into a waiting ambulance."

According to CBS News, a sixth person and seventh person were then taken out on stretchers. All were taken to a hospital.

CNN then reported an eight boy has been rescued and operations were completed for the day.